This fresh, whipped strawberry butter is fluffy, creamy, and full of real, deliciously sweet strawberry flavour. This pretty berry butter makes a wonderful addition to breakfast, baked goods, and desserts. It's so versatile and easy to make with only five simple ingredients.
What is different about this homemade recipe and other strawberry butters that I have seen, is that I first cook the strawberries down with sugar. This brings out a much richer strawberry flavour.
I love infused butters. There are many occasions that this beautifully pink, fruity, and spreadable butter would be perfect for: Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, girl baby showers, or anytime you want to enjoy the flavour or sweet, summer strawberries.
Try these amazing fresh strawberry cookies or delicious Korean strawberry milk for other great ways to enjoy strawberries.
Ingredients
- Strawberries - Fresh, ripe berries will give you the best flavour.
- Unsalted butter - Use a high quality butter for the most delicious results. Make sure the butter is at room temperature before you get started.
- Granulated sugar
- Salt - I used a beautiful fleur de sel, but you can use any fine grained salt.
- Ground black pepper - This is optional, but the pepper flavour pairs well with strawberry.
See the recipe card below for quantities.
Substitutions
Fresh strawberries - You can use frozen strawberries in this recipe, though they will probably add a couple of minutes to the cook time. Fresh, ripe berries will give you the best flavour results, however.
Unsalted butter - You can use salted butter. However, salted butters vary in how much salt is added to them. If you are using salted butter, do not add any salt until the very end after you taste test and see if you need to.
Granulated sugar - You could substitute with confectioner's sugar or honey.
Variations
You can modify this recipe to make many different kinds of berry or fruit butters. Blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, peach, apricot, to just name a few. You will need to adjust the amount of sugar you add depending on the tartness of the berry or fruit that you use.
Instructions
Start by removing the stems from your strawberries and chopping them up.
Add the chopped strawberries and 1 tablespoon of sugar into a medium saucepan. Heat it over medium heat and allow it to cook for about 10 minutes, stirring often. Remove the pan from the heat and set it aside to cool to room temperature.
Once the strawberries have cooled, strain them through a sieve into a bowl. I used a spoon to press the pulp to extract as much of the juice as possible. Set the bowl aside and discard the pulp.
Using a hand mixer or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, whip the room temperature, unsalted butter until it's light and fluffy - about 4 minutes or so.
Add in the strained strawberry juice, salt, pepper, and 2 teaspoons of sugar. Mix until everything is fully incorporated.
Give the butter a taste test. I like it this way - a bit sweet but not overpowering. If you would like it to be sweeter, add in some more sugar to taste and mix well.
Your whipped strawberry butter is ready to enjoy. Serve it at room temperature.
How to use it
This amazing condiment is so versatile and goes with many breakfast or baked foods:
- Banana bread - This buttermilk banana bread or this strawberry banana bread, for example.
- Fresh bread
- Warm biscuits or rolls
- Toast
- Waffles
- French toast
- Bagels
- Pancakes
- Crackers
- Muffins
- Scones
- Popovers
- Crepes
Equipment
To whip this butter you will need a stand mixer or a hand mixer.
Storage
You can store this strawberry butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5-7 days. Set it out on the countertop for about 15 minutes before serving to allow it to soften and become more spreadable.
Tip: You can form the butter into a log shape and slice off what you need as you use it.
You can also freeze it for up to a 2 months and thaw it by keeping it in the refrigerator overnight. However, fresh fruit butters do look and taste better than frozen and thawed ones, so I recommend making a fresh batch. You can always halve the recipe if you don't think you will use all of it.
Tip
You can easily halve this recipe if you don't think that you will use all of it.
Try this cinnamon sugar butter for another delicious flavoured butter.
FAQ
Yes, you can use frozen strawberries. This may add a couple minutes to your cook time. Fresh, ripe berries will give the best resulting flavour, however.
📖 Recipe
Whipped Strawberry Butter
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: ½ cup
- Category: Spreads
- Cuisine: American
Description
This fresh, whipped strawberry butter is fluffy, creamy, and full of real, deliciously sweet strawberry flavour. It's so versatile and easy to make.
Ingredients
1 cup (170g) strawberries, stems removed and chopped
½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons sugar, divided
¼ teaspoon salt (I used fleur de sel)
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper (optional)
Instructions
Add the chopped strawberries and 1 tablespoon of sugar into a medium saucepan. Heat it over medium heat and allow it to cook for about 10 minutes, stirring often. Remove the pan from the heat and set it aside to cool to room temperature.
Once the strawberries have cooled, strain them through a sieve into a bowl. I used a spoon to press the pulp to extract as much of the juice as possible. Set the bowl aside and discard the pulp.
Using a hand mixer or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, whip the room temperature, unsalted butter until it's light and fluffy - about 4 minutes or so.
Add in the strained strawberry juice, salt, pepper, and 2 teaspoons of sugar. Mix until everything is fully incorporated.
Give the butter a taste test. I like it this way - a bit sweet but not overpowering. If you would like it to be sweeter, add in some more sugar to taste and mix well.
Your whipped strawberry butter is ready to enjoy. Serve it at room temperature.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 118
- Sugar: 3.6 g
- Sodium: 74.5 mg
- Fat: 11.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 4.1 g
- Protein: 0.3 g
- Cholesterol: 30.5 mg
Keywords: strawberry butter
Suzanne says
So easy to make.
You have to try this whipped strawberry butter on chocolate muffins.
It's to die for.
Asha says
Thanks Suzanne, that sounds fantastic. I'll have to try that myself 😛
Amanda says
A dream combo with banana bread.
Asha says
Thanks! Great idea
Nancy says
It's definitely a keeper.
Asha says
Thank you <3
Yvonne says
Oh my goodness - on plain pancakes. I don't use syrup. So flavourful.
Asha says
Sounds perfect. Thank you
Allison says
Never tried something like this before. Amazing.
Asha says
Thank you
Tammy says
Made for first time. My daugthers loved this butter on biscuits.
Asha says
Awesome, so glad they enjoyed it. Thank you 🙂
Kate says
Amazing. Thanks for recipe.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂
Cayla says
Heavenly - especialy on biscuits just out of the oven.
Asha says
Thank you, that sounds amazing 🙂
Joanie says
This is a winner.
Asha says
Thanks!
Rachelle says
This butter is amazing. My 6 year old doesn't like syrups - not that I am complaining. Made this butter for waffles and he gobbled up two of them without a complaint. He wanted to eat the strawberry butter by itself too.
Asha says
Thank you! So happy to hear that your son loved it.
Debra says
This butter is a taste of heaven. I made it for a chocolate loaf cake. Talk about yummy.
Asha says
Mmmm sounds like a great combo!
Neli says
Easy to make and scrumptuous.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂
Tanya says
I wasn't sure how this would turn out with grocer strawberries at this time of year. Was pleased with result.
Tasted great on biscuits and bagels. Thanks.
Asha says
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Angie says
Wow so good!! I made this butter to go with scones.
Asha says
Thank you ❤️
Elaina says
This strawberry butter is scrumptious.
Asha says
Thanks so much 🙂
Diane says
Amazing. Made this with you banana strawberry bread. Together it tasted like one of those fancy desserts at a tea party.
Asha says
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Tamara says
Loving this strawberry butter.
Asha says
❤️ Thanks!
Heidi says
Loving this strawberry butter. So many possibilities - scones, pancakes, biscuits. I can't wait to make more.
Asha says
Thanks so much 🙂
Daphne says
I found some strawberries that tasted like strawberries this time of year. That's a feat in itself. The butter turned out delicious.
Asha says
Thank you 🙂
Lauren says
How long does this keep for? Wondering if I could make it 4 days in advanced?
Asha says
Hello. Yes, you can keep it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5-7 days, so that would be fine 🙂 Just make sure to set it out at least 15 minutes before you intend to use it to give it time to soften.